On 11 April 2013 18:48, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
On 11 April 2013 18:33, Chris Keating chriskeatingwiki@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Tom,
Yes, you're right that due to a drafting problem one particular
combination
of votes at the EGM would result in an unanticipated result - we would effect a change in the voting system, but would not have a specified
maximum
number of directors.
There are several combinations that result in problems. Pretty much anything other than all passing and all failing is problematic to varying degrees.
By "anything" you mean "3 but not 2 (irrespective of 1)". If 3 doesn't pass we'll still be returning a total of 7 new and continuing trustees at the AGM.
That is a bit irritating but it could be remedied with a motion at the
AGM
to introduce a maximum number of directors. If the maximum of 11
Directors
proposed to the EGM was rejected we would clearly have to have a further debate about how many Directors was the right number.
It is more than irritating to not know the number of seats being elected until a few minutes before the election...
The number will be published on the agenda, which is released at the same time as the candidate list. Although there's no constitutional guarantee of how far ahead of the meeting the agenda must be published, "a few minutes" is highly unlikely.
As I've said many times before, the debate should come before we try and vote on things. Then we know what we actually want to vote on.
So - some imperfect drafting, despite the many rounds of amendments -
but no
crisis.
Many rounds of rushed amendments with no proper discussion taking place, yes. Is anyone really surprised that a rushed job gave a poor quality result?